Pakistan’s Imran Khan gets bail in a graft case but will stay behind bars on other charges

Post Views: 70 A supporter of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), reacts as he along with others attend a rally demanding his release in Swabi, Pakistan on November 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Pakistani court granted bail on Wednesday (November 20, 2024) to former Prime Minister … Read more

Israeli strikes in central Beirut kill at least 20 as diplomats push for cease-fire

Post Views: 34 Civil defense members and rescuers work at the site of an Israeli strike in Beirut’s Basta neighbourhood, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, Lebanon November 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli airstrikes Saturday (November 23, 2024) in central Beirut killed at least 20 people, officials said, as the … Read more

Saudi prince uses fund to expand power, commit abuses: Human Rights Watch

Post Views: 67 Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler is using the oil-rich kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund to bankroll vanity projects linked to a host of rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday (November 20, 2024). A 93-page report from the New York-based … Read more

Rajnath Singh in Laos: Buddhist doctrines of peaceful co-existence must to resolve conflicts, says Defence Minister

Post Views: 33 The world should embrace Buddhist doctrines to find solutions to the ongoing conflicts and challenges to the international order, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday (November 21, 2024) at a regional security conclave in Laos. India has always advocated and adopted dialogue for resolving complex international issues and its approach to … Read more

Gautam Adani US Indictment: Names of 7 others accused in the US fraud case

Post Views: 34 Gautam Adani indicted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with fraud, bribery, and corruption for allegedly defrauding American investors and bribing officials. File photo | Photo Credit: AP Gautam Adani along with seven others that includes his nephew Sagar Adani have been indicted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission … Read more

North Korea and Russia agree to expand their economic cooperation

Post Views: 40 Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. File. | Photo Credit: AP North Korea and Russia reached a new agreement for expanding economic cooperation following high-level talks in Pyongyang this week, the North’s state media said Thursday (November 21, 2024), as they continue to align in the face … Read more

Volcano erupts in Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula for seventh time in a year

Post Views: 66 A view of the latest volcanic eruption in Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, on November 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A volcano erupted with lava spewing from a fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland on Wednesday evening (November 20, 2024.) It was its seventh eruption since December. Iceland’s meteorological office … Read more

American and Australian tourists die, raising toll to 4 in Laos alcohol poisoning incident

Post Views: 35 An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, in what Australia’s Prime Minister on Thursday (November 21, 2024) called every parent’s nightmare, and the U.S. State Department confirmed an American also died in the same party town, bringing the death toll to four. Australian Prime Minister Anthony … Read more

At U.N. climate talks, a draft of the deal gives little clarity on climate cash for developing nations

Post Views: 42 Panama Climate Envoy Juan Carlos Monterrey Gomez, left, and Wopke Hoekstra, EU climate commissioner, attend a session on climate targets during the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) | Photo Credit: Sergei Grits A new draft text released early on Thursday (November 21, 2024) … Read more

Russia and China oppose changing the Kenya-led force in Haiti to a U.N. peacekeeping mission

Post Views: 46 Russia and China on Wednesday (November 20, 2024) opposed a U.S.-led campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti helping police to tackle escalating gang violence into a U.N. peacekeeping mission. The two allies called a U.N. Security Council meeting as gangs have intensified attacks, shooting at four aircraft which has … Read more